CORONAVIRUS

Only Venezuela and Lebanon have imposed stricter lockdown

Mounted police patrolling the beaches of North Berwick in East Lothian
Mounted police patrolling the beaches of North Berwick in East Lothian
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Britain is enduring one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, an analysis by Oxford University has found.

Only two governments, Venezuela and Lebanon, have introduced tougher policies, according to a lockdown tracker compiled by Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.

The analysis, which looked at the coronavirus measures taken by about 180 countries and scored their severity out of 100, gave the UK a score of 86.11.

The requirement for all schools and non-essential workplaces to close, the international travel ban and the restrictions on gatherings and use of public transport contributed to the rating.

Britain’s measures have been tougher than those in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and every country in Europe, according to the analysis. Germany had a score of